No tsunami from 5.9 quake off Aleutian Islands

Dec. 15, 2012
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by USA TODAY

by USA TODAY

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 5.9 earthquake was recorded Friday night about 50 miles southeast of Attu Station in Alaska's Aleutian Islands. The quake did not generate a tsunami.

There were no immediate reports that the quake was felt or caused any damage.

USGS geophysicist Dale Grant at the National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colo., says quakes of that size are quite common in that region of the north Pacific Ocean. He called it a "moderate" quake, given the area's remoteness.

In his words "it's not anything that would raise my eyebrows at all."

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